The Homesman - by Glendon Swarthout (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>"Originally published in 1988 by Weidenfield & Nicolson"--T.p. verso.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b>Soon to be a major film directed by and starring Tommy Lee Jones and co-starring Meryl Streep, Hilary Swank, and John Lithgow, this classic Western novel captures the devastating realities of early frontier life through the eyes of one extraordinary woman.</b> <p/>IN PIONEER NEBRASKA, A WOMAN LEADS WHERE NO MAN WILL GO</b> <p/>Soon to be a major motion picture directed by Tommy Lee Jones, <i>The Homesman</i> is a devastating story of early pioneers in 1850s American West. It celebrates the ones we hear nothing of: the brave women whose hearts and minds were broken by a life of bitter hardship. A "homesman" must be found to escort a handful of them back East to a sanitarium. When none of the county's men steps up, the job falls to Mary Bee Cuddy--ex-teacher, spinster, indomitable and resourceful. Brave as she is, Mary Bee knows she cannot succeed alone. The only companion she can find is the low-life claim jumper George Briggs. Thus begins a trek east, against the tide of colonization, against hardship, Indian attacks, ice storms, and loneliness--a timeless classic told in a series of tough, fast-paced adventures. <p/>In an unprecedented sweep, Glendon Swarthout's novel won both the Western Writers of America's Spur Award and the Western Heritage Wrangler Award. A new afterword by the author's son Miles Swarthout tells of his parents Glendon and Kathryn's discovery of and research into the lives of the oft-forgotten frontier women who make <i>The Homesman</i> as moving and believable as it is unforgettable.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>A finely crafted novel... told with smooth economy... re-creates a seamless and sccurate territorial Nebraska... with character so real the reader resents it when one dies.--Kansas City Star<br><br>I tell friends what <i>The Homesman</i> is about and their eyes open wide and they can't wait to read it. And that's just the plot. Swarthout puts you <i>there</i>, in time and place. I love the way he writes.--Elmore Leonard<br><br>No reader should even attempt to guess what happens. Surprise piles upon surprise... Glendon Swarthout has honed writing excellence to a nearly unsurpassable level... A powerful novel... A classic of vivid realism and gripping storytelling.--Associated Press<br><br>One of Swarthout'sb best... An absorbing epic of endurance.--Kirkus<br><br>Totally involving from its very first words... a dangerous journey into the soul, an exploration of the relationships of men and women to each other, to their environments and--ultimately most devastatingly--to themselves.--Los Angeles Times Book Review<br>
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